Fifteen years closing books, raising rounds and untangling unit economics for companies between seed and Series C. I join two days a week, leave the finance function better than I found it, and hand it to your first full-time hire.
Experience
2021 – now
Fractional CFO
Portfolio of 4 companies · Zurich / remote
– Closed a CHF 18m Series B for a logistics platform, 6 weeks from data room to wire.
– Rebuilt reporting for a 90-person SaaS: board pack from 3 weeks late to 3 days early.
– Two exits prepared and closed, one acquirer NDA still in force.
2016 – 2021
VP Finance
Alpine Robotics · Zurich
– First finance hire, built the function to a team of 7 through Series A to C.
– Owned pricing: gross margin from 31% to 58% in two years.
2011 – 2016
Senior Manager
KPMG · Deal Advisory
– Forty-plus due diligence mandates, both sides of the table.
Education
2009 – 2011
M.A. Accounting & Finance
University of St. Gallen
– Swiss CPA. Thesis on early-stage revenue recognition, still occasionally cited, mostly by me.
Toolkit
Fundraising
Board reporting
Pricing
FP&A
ERP migrations
Exit readiness
Adrien Vale
Set like a document, because I read hundreds of them